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“Celebration”… HA!
By itself, Celebration is working okay.
If compared to the first EPCOT design, well…

And then there’s Larry Ellison buying the entire island of Lanai…

I love The Beat, but the editing has become completely non-existent.

-”cartoonsits”
-”her her comics”
-”where was was studying”
-”HArris”

Based on the headline, raise your hand if you thought Cartoonist A had outsourced his job to Cartoonist B for fractions of a penny on the dollar?

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Spelling and grammatical errors galore and the title is really misleading. H

^ ohhh, the irony.

I Think its cool thAt kidz are getting a change to right artickles for people these artickles dont not right them selfs;

“Based on the headline, raise your hand if you thought Cartoonist A had outsourced his job to Cartoonist B for fractions of a penny on the dollar?”

Hand-raised!

And I was all ready to make a “But I thought Bob Kane wad dead?” joke too. :)

Me again. I couldn’t let this article go… I clicked on Heidi’s name to see what else she’d written, and didn’t have to look far before seeing other similar evidence of a total lack of English syntax or prosaic finesse.

Exhibit A: “Just one more little bad news for Denver Comic Con…”
Exhibit B: “…Barsotti has passed away at age 80. He was 80.”
Exhibit C: “Heidi is happy to let you pick her brains for wisdom … whatever you think Heidi’s brains were worth!”

Uh-oh… Cumbersome grammar. Simple sentences. Mixed verb tenses!? I started thinking my derisive sarcasm was being heaped upon the head of some person who didn’t deserve it. Maybe she was, in fact, someone who was being given a shot at contributing to this publication apart from any writing merit. I’m all for giving people opportunities.

Then, I saw that she is the Editor-in-Chief. She is driving this ship. I don’t expect anyone at the Beat to care that they’ve lost my readership (I’d only just found the site and subscribed via Feedly)—I’m probably just another condescending jerk-wad who doesn’t care about anyone or anything—but I do. And that’s why I’m taking the time to write this. I like to challenge myself and others to set high standards—especially when the thing one doing is something associated with strong feelings, dare I say “passion.”
The robustness of this site is definitely evidence that there is a lot of support and passion for comics. I applaud this. But, at the very least, Heidi—set an example for your staff (or follow their examples) by holding yourself to a high standard: utilize spell checking tools, grammar tools, ask someone to proofread.
Sorry to be such a wet blanket—just because you like what you’re doing doesn’t mean you’re naturally good at it. Signing off.

EDIT—taking my own medicine:
“…especially when the thing one [IS] doing is something associated with strong feelings…”
Didn’t proofread that properly.